Definitions for cabbage butterfly

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cab′bage but`terfly(n.)

any white or chiefly white butterfly of the family Pieridae, as Pieris rapae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related plants.
Category: Entomology

Origin of cabbage butterfly:

1810–20

Princeton's WordNet

cabbage butterfly(noun)
white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage

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